Boundary Training
We are created in and for relationships. Life-enriching relationships, whether with intimate partners, family, friends, colleagues or parishioners, require healthy boundaries. This workshop explores the meaning and practice of healthy boundaries in the context of ministry. It will also identify the signs, dangers, and preventions of boundary violations, including those in today’s social media. The workshop begins with an assumption that the complexity of relational dynamics in the congregation is one of its greatest possibilities and its greatest challenges for ministry.
Clergy with active ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) must participate in such a boundary training session every three years. The registration fee for Mid-America in-person sessions includes lunch and all distributed materials.
Any alternatives to what the Mid-America Region lists for Boundaries Training (BT) and Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation (ARPR) Training must receive advance approval for guarantee that the credits will be honored based on Regional training expectations. Contact the Springfield office with questions.
In-Person courses
Saturday, November 9, 2024, 10am-4pm, Community Christian Church, Jefferson City
409 Ellis Boulevard, Jefferson City, MO, 65101
Regional Board Secretary Nancy Rogers and Regional Minister Paul Koch will be co-leading this training focusing especially on how pastors and churches can better understand mental health issues in our communities with a close focus on adolescent mental health. Youth ministers and lay leaders are especially invited to attend. Registration due by midnight on Wednesday, November 6.
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Online Courses
Healthy Boundaries 301: Money, Sex, & Power
November 1, 2024, 1:45 - 5:30 ET (Part 1)
AND November 2, 2024, 8:45 am - 12:30 pm ET (Part 2)
Participants must attend both sessions.
An advanced discussion of healthy boundaries for clergy and church leaders, designed for those who have completed Healthy Boundaries 101. This workshop builds on the basics and applies boundaries principles to specific situations with a particular emphasis on power dynamics, finances, sexual harassment, and pornography. Register by Oct. 27, 2024. Registration is $75. To register, please scan QR code with your phone camera or just click on it. Learn more at www.gadisciples.org/healthy-boundaries-2024 or contact Rev. Kathy McDowell.Beyond Don’t Sleep with the Sheep: Boundary Training for Clergy, Courtesy of Eden Theological Seminary. November 8, 2024 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Central. $50. Learn more & register>
Healthy Boundaries 101, Saturday, November 16, 2024 11:00am-5:30pm Central. $50. Courtesy of the Northern Lights Disciples. Learn more and register>
Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is an introductory level course with no prerequisites.
Maintaining Boundaries in a Digital Age, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is a second level course. Participants must have attended either the LCCL Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics class, or another qualifying introductory level session, prior to enrollment.
Each of these LCCL courses takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete. Participants can begin any time and then have up to 60 days to complete.